Last of the Thorntons (Sewanee Writers' Series)

Horton Foote, preeminent American dramatist, has had a career spanning more than fifty years. His latest play tells the story of Alberta Thornton, the last surviving member of the powerful Thornton clan of Harrison, Texas. As she confronts the end of her life, Alberta shares an entertaining and touching lifetime of memories, including both pride and misgivings about her family's legacy, as she struggles to let go of unrealized dreams and a lost way of life.

The recipient of a grant from the 1999 Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays, with a high-profile production at the Signature Theatre Company in the fall of 2000, The Last of the Thorntons is the work of an American master and the latest volume in the joint publishing venture between The Overlook Press and The Sewanee Writers' Conference.

"The Last of the Thorntons, a play by the man who must now be the most experienced writer for stage and screen in the world, is also a joy for the reader. It is funny, eloquent and truthful, the work of a great writer who has spent his long life writing wonderful dramas. In Alberta Thornton, and her confused but richly perceptive view of life, Horton Foote has created one of his most delightul and moving characters."--Romulus Linney

"Horton Foote writes with such compelling simplicity, you forget you are reading, forget you are watching, and simply live in his world. He is an American master without equal." --Marsha Norman